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This page was posted
Feb 2003 on the official chat website for one of the special
organizatons that use StarLink-IRC.The text has been sightly edited (with
permission) to maintain the requested anonymity of the channel and
organization.

StarLink-IRC
Info

StarLink was founded Mon-15-July-1996 and StarLink-IRC.Org was founded
Wed-1-January-1997. StarLink-IRC.Org provides us a meeting room and
various services (like giving the operators special "hats" to wear) at
no charge.

They host many rooms (or channels) for many members (in recovery or to
have clean family fun). Over the years, many in our Online Group room
have come to know many of the StarLink-IRC.Org operaters on a close
nick-name basis. They indirectly support our recovery; they are aware
of our room(s) and our purpose. Since SLIRC hosts rooms for our group
and others, they have been in a unique, yet supportive, position of
occassionally recommending our room to people that come onto the SLIRC
servers and are "lost" in the world of Internet Relay Chat.

If you ever need some technical assistance or need to report a person
for violating some of our strongest behavior concerns (actively seeking
sex; advertising/spam; suggesting other networks than SLIRC; warez; or
recurring abusive language/behavior), please do not hesitate to seek
advise from them. They tend to "hang out" in two rooms #channels and
#terranova.

Once there, you can verify that members in that room are really SLIRC
staff with any of several commands (omit things in parenthesis).

/msg deathstar oplist (or)
/msg cstar admin (or)
/msg cstar verify nickname (or)
/msg cstar help (to get a general rundown of how to report a problem if
no one is available)

StarLink-IRC was founded on one concept: A cybertown, where the net is
the village and the channels are the "homes." The SLIRC staff is simply
the groundskeepers, road crews, and tourist bureau for our little
cybertown. It is the residents... our users and visitors... that make
it the pleasant place to chat that it has become over the years. They
can just dust the neighborhood... it is all of us that make it a place
worth visiting.

FEB 98 Excerpt from StarLink-IRC General mail list

To: slirc-mail@starlink-irc.org
Ladies and gentlemen of StarLink-IRC,

As you have no doubt been reading, one of our former IRC Operators and
Channel Service representatives has decided to create his own network
separate from that of StarLink-IRC.Org.

The administration of StarLink-IRC has done nothing but strive for the
best treatment of our continously growing userbase ever since its
conception more than a year ago.

My server, Rochester.MI.US.StarLink-IRC.Org, was the founding
StarLink-IRC server -- most of the original operators and service
members are still here to this day! We've had our fair share of growing
pains and administrative difficulties, but we feel that our network has
the best combination of service and support with userbase size over any
other network in the entire world and we're very proud of what we have
built. We hope that you have enjoyed it as much as we have enjoyed
creating it for you. :)

StarLink-IRC.Org is the first network ever to implement a charter about
proper treatment of users and the interaction of users with
administration, and this has been copied time and time again from new
networks popping up all over the world.

This isn't the only first we've had, we were also the first network
ever to use CStar (cserv) and DeathStar (uworld), which are now both in
the public domain and countless new networks have used these two
invaluable tools.

<snip> Thanks for reading and we all look forward to being your
network in the future, thanks again!
g-force
StarLink-IRC Co-Founder and Network Administrator

From the
#ChatHouse Page

"By now, you're probably asking yourself,
"Why are you so enthusiastic about StarLink-Irc.? Well, that's an easy
one. We have had channels on other nets, but StarLink-Irc is downright
impressive! StarLink is "family-oriented", no warez or sex channels are
permitted. You can be comfortable having the younger ones using
StarLink-IRC.
The Admin (administration) of StarLink-Irc have repeatedly shown
themselves to be courteous, helpful, and supportive, but firm about
upholding the StarLink-Irc Charter and Rules.
Aren't these the qualities we all look for when choosing a net for
owning a channel, or simply chatting?"